Humainologie dialogue is like a box of chocolates

“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.” - Orson Scott Our next dialogue will be like a box of chocolates (as usual): You never know what you’re going to get. It’s on Wednesday September 9, starting at 6:30 PM. The Zoom link provided by Greg is here: Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3830471170?pwd=U3lXMnlnR29RWThJYzFXT2c1c1lYZz09Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms. Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done. Zoom is a publicly traded company headquartered in San Jose, CA. us02web.zoom.us Meeting ID: 383 047 1170 Passcode: 727036 Greg MacGillivray Managing Director Scenarios to Strategy Inc. C: 403.605.6493 P:403.270.0232 Several topics have been suggested: · Universal Basic Income · Building our skill as dialogue artists · Helen Ostrowski’s project on the Trans-Canada Trail I’ll add one more to the box: Amor fati: Seeing the “problem” as an opportunity. Amor fati is a concept from the Stoic philosophers, advising us to “Love whatever happens.” How is that possible? One way to approach it is to think of whatever happens as an opportunity for a creative response. Had it not been for the war in Viet Nam, I might never have taken the path of global citizenship that I have taken. My book on global citizenship might never have been written, I might never have become connected with the many brilliant Calgarians it has been my privilege to know. I would never suggest that the US war on Viet Nam was a good thing, and yet it opened a door for me and when I walked through that door my life had a purpose. And that is a good thing. War is a “problem,” the pandemic is a “problem,” and each of you if asked to do so could write down a dozen more “problems,” ranging from small ones to large ones. Think of some of your favorite movies and there will probably be at least one key “problem” that was essential to making each of them a good story. So I’ll suggest the following exercise for our next dialogue if this appeals to you as a topic. 1. Define an interesting “problem.” (How you define it is important.) 2. Explain how that “problem” could become a golden opportunity. 3. Come up with at least three creative “solutions” (or responses) to the problem you have defined. By Wednesday, I’ll send you the synopsis of a book that is highly relevant to this topic. Please have a chocolate. Arthur